Happy Victoria Day! Canada’s oldest, yet probably most misconstrued, state holiday. Victoria Day was declared a holiday by the Province of Canada (as in, we were not even a country yet) in 1845 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s birthday. For whatever reason, Victoria Day is only celebrated in Canada and Scotland, not England. After Victoria’s death in 1901, it continued to be celebrated on behalf of Victoria as the “Mother of the Confederation,” as […]
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